Modes of Transportation:

1. Water mode
2. Pipeline
3. Rail mode
4. Land mode
5. Air mode

1. Visibility
2. Inventory Flow
3. Sustainability
4. Preferred Shipper Status
5. Customer Satisfaction

Logistics deals with the integration of storage, transportation, cataloguing, handling and packaging of goods while transportation deals with the function of moving products or individuals from one location to the next.

It involves moving products in and out of a stock. Efficiency, is increased though us of electronic data processing to control conveyor system, order picking and other traffic flaws

Refers to the stock of product a form has on hand and ready for sale to the customers. Inventory are kept to meet market demands promptly.

Considered as a key to customer service and satisfaction. It includes receiving, recording, filling and assembling of products for dispatch.

Decides what mode or combination of modes of transportation should be used to transport products to warehouse and from there to customer or should the transportation cost be reduces and the desired levels of customer service still maintained.

Process of passing the information and understand from one person to another. This including the information system which should link producers, intermediaries and customers.

The person in charge of the physical distribution should co-ordinate all activities into an effective system to provide the desired customer service in the most efficient manner.

A large set of activities beside purchasing is part of supply chain management each of these seemingly diverse activities has one important features in common. This is part of a network that will define how efficiently and effectively goods and information flow across a supply chain.

1. From right source
2. For the right price
3. At the right quantity
4. At the right time
5. Getting the right quality

Inbound logistics-the transport, storage and delivery of goods coming into a business.